425: Henry Scott Mausell: Michigan's First Serial Killer? w/ Allie Seibert

On a beautiful fall day in September 1916, 68-year-old Hannah Spielman went on a picnic with her new husband, 71-year-old James Allen, in the woods outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. She had met him through a newspaper advertisement, and the two were married just two days earlier - only hours after stepping off a train and meeting him face-to-face for the first time. But James Allen was not the man he claimed to be. His real name was Henry Scott Mausell, and his intentions were anything but honorable. Eleven days later, Hannah’s decomposed body was discovered and the murder investigation began. So who was Henry Scott Mausell? A man with a deeply troubled past—and Hannah was likely not his first victim, but the last in a long line of murdered women. In "Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan’s Darkest Murders Forgotten by Time", author Allie Seibert sheds light on this largely forgotten, and very likely, serial killer. The author's Household History website: Allie in the Archives Podcast links: ⁠ On Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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425: Henry Scott Mausell: Michigan's First Serial Killer? w/ Allie Seibert is an episode from Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast by Erik Rivenes.

This episode is 67:20 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2026.

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